Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Tastee Freeze




How many of you remember the Tastee Freeze? It was located on Wells Avenue across the street from the car wash that is up there now. Here's a couple of pictures of what it looked like. It was an ice cream stand with parking on both sides of the building. They specialized in anything you could do with ice cream as part of the ingredients.




It was built, owned and operated by former Wellsville residents John & Irma McGarey. They ran it until their retirement when they relocated to Arizona. The cannon was one of two that was a war memorial next door. It was part of the old Roadside Park. Those cannons are now located in Springhill Cemetery by the chapel.




Like the Roadside Park, the Tastee Freeze and all the houses on that side of Wells Avenue were taken out with the expansion of Route 7 into a four lane. About the only thing that remain of that side are the trees that line Wells Avenue. Before the expansion Wells Avenue was part of Route 7.




These photos are part of what is believed to be the Bucky Moore collection donated to the Wellsville Historical Society & River Museum.




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